University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 1423
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1346
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 1423
- Title:
- Ledger of Pesciori debtors and creditors.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1523-1557.
- Language:
- Italian
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 94 leaves : paper ; 284 x 210 mm bound to 291 x 212 mm +
- Note:
- Foliation: Paper, 94; [1-94]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; irregular contemporary foliation and pagination, upper corners.
Forms part of: Gondi-Medici Business Records.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 2 columns with vertical bounding lines in lead; the large column on the left with the debtor or creditor and a brief description of the credit or debt, and the smaller one on the right with the amount of the credit or debt. Usually credits are listed on the left page and debts on the right page of an opening, with the same individuals or institutions appearing as debtors or...
Script: Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Balance 2515 (Pisa, 1515).
Binding: Contemporary vellum, no. 264 on spine; the heading Debitori e creditori; lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather ties. Decorative leatherwork on spine.
Origin: Written in Italy between 1523 (f. 1v) and 1557 (f. 67v).
Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1961. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9944530223503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p38c9r520/manifest
- Holding Institution:
